Immediate Response made no mistake as the 4-6 favourite for Willie and Patrick Mullins in the Suir Valley Chase at Clonmel.

The 10-year-old was let down by his jumping when coming unstuck at this track last month but he consigned that effort to the past with a taking round of fencing.

Never far off the pace set by Allee Garde and Rubert, the red-hot market leader took it up coming down the hill on the turn into the straight and he showed a good attitude to see off the rally Rubert by three quarters of a length.

Michael Hourigan's The Crafty Butcher gained a long-overdue success in the opening Holy Thursday Maiden Hurdle.

Partnered by Ruby Walsh for the first time, the 7-4 favourite made it eighth time lucky over timber with a nine and a half-length defeat of Jewel Star.

The Conker Club was a surprise winner of the Easter Holiday Maiden Hurdle.

Sent off an 18-1 chance having shown nothing in a Limerick bumper before unseating rider on her jumps bow at Gowran, the Beneficial mare belied her odds with a two and a quarter-length verdict over Coolnagorna Giggs

The Clonmel Races Easter Egg Hunt Handicap Hurdle went to Rodger Sweeney's Fiery Oscar (11-10 favourite), who followed up last month's course and distance success.

The race was marred when Pretty Happy, second at the time, took a fatal fall at the second-last flight, leaving the winner to coast home eight lengths clear of Faranadooney.< Castle Genie (5-1) survived a bad blunder at the final fence to win the Slievenamon Mares Beginners Chase.

Philip Enright made a race-winning move on the inside rail soon after two-out and galvanised his mount to score by three parts of a length after almost uprooting the last.

Playing justified 7-2 favouritism in the Holy Thursday Handicap Chase.